Pupil Premium Funding

Academic Year 2024/2025

At Bredhurst we have high aspirations for all of our pupils. The staff and Governors work tirelessly to ensure that all pupils, regardless of their background, flourish at school. We aim to provide an environment where children can develop socially and emotionally as well as academically.

Our pupil premiuom funding this academic year is £21893.81

What is Pupil Premium Funding? 

Introduced in 2011, the Pupil Premium is a sum of money given to schools to improve the attainment and opportunities for disadvantaged pupils. Schools are able to use the money in a range of ways to help narrow the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. The Government believes that this is the best way of tackling this inequality.

Schools are given a Pupil Premium for:

    • Children who are currently eligible for a free school meal. 
    • Children who have qualified for a free school meal in the last 6 years 
    • Children who have been looked after under local authority care for more than 1 day 
    • Children whose parents are service personnel 


At Bredhurst, approximately 10.6% of our pupils are eligible for Pupil Premium funding.

See below for our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement. This is a 3 year strategy which will be updated annually. 

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Barriers to Learning and Educational Achievement 

at Bredhurst C of E Primary School

As a school we have summarised the main barriers to learning faced by some of our pupils in receipt of Pupil Premium funding.  These barriers can cause the children to underachieve.

These are: 

  • Cognitive delay
  • Emotional or behavioural delay
  • Instability of early start to home life
  • Access to extra-curricular activities
  • Lack of enrichment opportunities
  • Children entering school not ready to learn
  • Absences/lateness
  • Lack of home resources
  • Home/school collaboration. 

 

In order to address these barriers we have identified some of the ways that we can help to overcome these.

  • Nurture group
  • Ed psych involvement - identifies the barriers to learning
  • Play therapy - helps with confidence and self -esteem
  • Counselling-allows pupils to focus on learning and aids confidence
  • Intervention groups to support learning- allows identified children to make rapid progress
  • Help for payment with school trip, uniforms and equipment- prevents negative feelings and allows children to feel prepared for learning
  • Help with extra-curricular activities-children have the opportunity for enrichment activities, which they may not have access to
  • Breakfast club-helps to reduce lateness and ensures children come into school ready to learn
  • Parental reminders regarding lateness and absence- ensures parents are aware of their duties and reminds them of pupil absence
  • Support with parenting- school working in collaboration ensures pupils feel motivated and supported